Green and Yellow Bean Salad With Chunky Tomato Dressing and Feta

Submitted by Rachellt3

"A stellar summer salad. This recipe came from "Cooking Light" magazine SEPT 2007 edition. Its wonderful, light and low in calories."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 4 cups water
• 3⁄4 lb wax bean, trimmed
• 3⁄4 lb green beans, trimmed
• 2 cups tomatoes, chopped
• 1 tablespoon sherry wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1⁄2 cup fresh basil, thinly sliced
• 1⁄2 cup feta cheese, crumbled

directions

1. Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Cook the beans in boiling water for 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and rinse with cold water; drain.
2. Combine tomato and next 4 ingredients (through pepper) in a bowl. Divide beans evenly among 8 plates. Top each serving with 1/4 cup tomato mixture. Sprinkle each serving with 1 tablespoon slices basil and 1 tablespoon cheese.
3. You may also just mix and toss everything together.

Reviews

[DurangoJudy]

Nice salad using all ingredients from my CSA farm. I used a pomegranate vinegar which added just a hint of sweetness, and, small dice red onion. Mixed up red & yellow heirlooms & cherry tomatoes giving it even more eye appeal.

 

[morgainegeiser]

I was able to find both fresh wax beans and green beans, we unfornately are still not receiving fresh tomoatoes yet, but a great little salad, liked the feta cheese.

 

[GingerW]

I love green beans, and this is a refreshing way to serve them. Fresh wax beans are rarely available in my area, so I used all green beans. Thanks for the recipe.

 

[jessi_mcg]

This contains three of the foods I associate with summer most--tomatoes, green beans, and fresh basil! It is a nice change of pace from other bean salads, and parboiling the beans leads to a great texture. I used tomato-basil feta which added lots of good flavor. I think next time I would also use more vinegar, and perhaps experiment with balsamic vinegar. I could not find wax beans so I made this with all green beans, but I don't think the recipe suffered for it. Thanks for posting! Made for My 3 Chefs 2008.